A project to capture 20 cow elk in northwest Minnesota and fit them with GPS collars began Tuesday and wrapped up Thursday, and the animals now are online.
The elk were collared as part of a two-year research project to learn more about elk movements and habitat use in northwest Minnesota.
Gino D’Angelo, deer project leader for the Department of Natural Resources in Madelia, Minn., said three elk are online near Grygla, Minn., three elk from the Caribou-Vita herd in northeast Kittson County have collars, and 14 elk were collared from the Central Kittson herd near Lancaster, Minn.
A helicopter crew from Kiwi Air of Clarkston, Wash., a company that specializes in wildlife capture for research projects, captured and collared the elk.
